Financial Controller
About the role
The Primary work location will be in the office at our Holt Michigan Location. The Finance Controller will lead financial reporting, analytical capabilities, and process transparency for Block Imaging. The role focuses on establishing key financial routines and tools, including a standardized reporting package, customer profitability analysis, and a structured big-deal reporting process.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement a standardized reporting framework for monthly and quarterly closings, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and clear visibility across key financial KPIs.
- Serve as a strategic business partner to Service Sales and Operations, actively shaping deal structuring and pricing strategies.
- Develop and sustain customer profitability reports to monitor margins and performance at the client level.
- Enhance transparency of financial results through the deployment of automation and advanced data visualization capabilities.
- Lead the forecasting and budgeting process utilizing Siemens Healthineers’ standardized tools and methodologies.
- Execute core financial controlling responsibilities, including budgeting, forecasting, period-end close, pricing governance, dispute management, and SG&A and cost center oversight.
- Partner with local management to define critical business metrics and deliver actionable, data-driven insights to support performance management.
- Translate strategic and operational priorities from the CFO, COO, and senior leadership into structured analyses, dashboards, and automated reporting solutions.
- Act as a trusted advisor in business discussions, converting financial data into clear, actionable insights.
- Own and continuously enhance analytical frameworks to drive operational excellence and support strategic priorities.
- Develop, refine, and maintain decision ready business intelligence assets (e.g., Power BI dashboards, executive reports, KPI scorecards) that clearly connect operational drivers with financial outcomes.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities across reporting and data management processes to improve efficiency and scalability.
- Apply Lean and Agile methodologies (VSM, Scrum, AVM) to optimize financial processes and drive continuous improvement.
- Advance the digital transformation of Finance by leveraging the Microsoft Power Platform to automate workflows and strengthen data integration.
- Ensure alignment of local processes with Siemens global standards and established best practices.
Requirements
Strong understanding of financial reporting, accounting principles, and operational drivers, with the ability to connect data insights to business performance and strategic outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across Finance, Operations, IT, and executive stakeholders, aligning business requirements with data and analytics solutions.
Strong capability to identify discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable solutions across Finance and Operations.
Proactive identification of opportunities to enhance efficiency, strengthen controls, and optimize billing and collection processes.
Open mindset to review and update existing processes and come up with problem-solving approaches.
Effective management of deadlines and prioritization in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to manage up, down, and in all directions without expressed authority, building appropriate rapport with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field; master’s degree (MBA or MS with a focus on analytics, strategy, or operations) preferred.
Skills
- Microsoft Excel: Financial modeling, variance analysis, and data automation (Pivot Tables, etc.)
- Power BI / Tableau: Advanced visualization tools to enable scalable, automated reporting and performance tracking
- Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate): Enterprise tools for workflow automation and data integration
- KNIME: Data preparation, blending, and process automation
- Leverage Lean and Agile methodologies (VSM, Scrum, AVM) to optimize financial processes and drive continuous improvement
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Paid parking/public transportation
- Paid time off
- Paid sick and safe time